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New York · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

S 942: Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 942 is a bill introduced in the New York Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer. Primary sponsor: Patrick Gallivan (Republican/Conservative). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 7, 2026): REFERRED TO CODES.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Makes life imprisonment without parole mandatory for defendants convicted of murder in the first degree or second degree and the victim is a police officer, peace officer, first responder or correctional officer.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1 · Republican/Conservative 9 · Republican/Conservative/Independence 2 · Republican/Conservative/Independence/Reform 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Patrick GallivanPrimary sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate60
George BorrelloCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate57
Patricia Canzoneri-FitzpatrickCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate9
Pam HelmingCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate54
Andrew LanzaCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/Independence/ReformSenate24
Peter OberackerCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate51
Rob OrttCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate62
Tony PalumboCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Steve RhoadsCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate5
Dan StecCo-sponsorRepublican/Conservative/IndependenceSenate45
Jim TediscoCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate44
Bill WeberCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate38
Alexis WeikCo-sponsorRepublican/ConservativeSenate8

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. REFERRED TO CODES
  2. REFERRED TO CODES

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source